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Ceannabhaid
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Saddle Quern (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ceannabhaid
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Saddle Quern (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6688
Site Number NC82NW 17
NGR NC 8296 2598
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6688
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (22 February 1977)
NC82NW 17 8296 2598
See also NC82NW 14.
At NC 8296 2598, situated on the marginal ground of the depopulated township of Ceannabhaid (NC82NW 14) and adjacent to a small burn, there is a burnt mound. It is horseshoe-shaped with a turf and heather covering. It measures 11.5m E-W by 9.5m and 1.0m high, with its open end in the E. A rabbit hole in the top of the mound revealed a content of blackened earth, burnt stone and charcoal. Within the mound and on its sides are several large unburnt stones, some upright and protruding through the turf, others lying on the surface. Three of the upright stones fringe the central hollow forming three corners of a rectangle 2.2m x 1.2m. A single hut (NC 82 NW 18) lies among the township about 200m uphill from the burnt mound.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (JB), 22 February 1977.
Field Visit (6 March 1991)
Situated to the W of an unnamed burn and lying within a small coniferous shelter-belt, there is a horse-shoe shaped burnt mound. It measures 11.5m from E to W by 9m transversely and 1m in height, with its open side on the E. A forestry plough furrow has cut across the top of the mound, exposing a saddle quern, and revealing that the mound is comprised of cracked stone and charcoal set in a matrix of black soil. Further damage has been caused by a badger barrow.
(KILD91 9)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 6 March 1991.